US Antarctic Data Coordination Center at WDC-A/NSIDC

摘要9629768沙尔芬认识到从南极研究活动中获得的数据的科学和经济价值，并认识到需要向更大的科学界提供这些信息，因此成立了一个南极数据管理特设规划小组，就保存和管理南极方案的研究和相关数据提出建议。特设规划小组建议建立一个南极主数据目录来处理元数据，并建议每个国家方案指定自己的国家南极数据中心(国家南极数据中心)来管理各个国家方案的数据。这些建议得到了南极条约缔约方和SCAR的认可。世界冰川数据中心/国家冰雪数据中心(WDC-A/NSIDC)将作为美国北美冰川数据中心，最初为期三年。这项工作将包括确定和描述所有学科的现有数据，采用与目前对冰冻圈数据进行的类似的方法，并将这些描述(“DIF”，国际名录网络使用的名录交换格式)提交给国际南极信息和研究中心(南极信息研究中心)正在编制的南极总名录。WDC-A/NSIDC将利用其与NASA戈达德太空飞行中心全球变化物质目录(GCMD)的持续关系，共享有关数据源的信息，并最大限度地减少或消除重复工作。WDC-A/NSIDC将为美国调查人员收集的南极数据编写或协助数据持有者编写DIF。在向AMD提交DIF之前，WDC-A/NSIDC将在必要时对其进行审查和编辑，以确保它们符合格式和内容标准。

ABSTRACT 9629768 Scharfen Recognizing the scientific and economic value of the data obtained from research activities in Antarctica and the need to make this information available to the greater scientific community, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) instituted an ad hoc Planning Group on Antarctic Data Management to provide recommendations on the preservation and management of research and related data from Antarctic programs. The ad hoc planning group recommended that an Antarctic Master Data Directory be established for handling meta data and that each national program designate their own National Antarctic Data Center (NADC) for management of data from individual national programs. These recommendations were endorsed by the Antarctic Treaty Parties and by SCAR. The World Data Center-A for Glaciology/National Snow and Ice Data Center (WDC-A/NSIDC) will serve as the U.S. NADC for an initial period of three years. This effort will consist of identifying and describing existing data in all disciplines, using an approach similar to that already underway for cryospheric data, and submitting these descriptions ("DIFs", the Directory Interchange Format used for the International Directory Network) to the Antarctic Master Directory being developed by the International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research (ICAIR). The WDC-A/NSIDC will take advantage of its on-going relationship with the Global Change Mater Directory (GCMD) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, sharing information regarding data sources and minimizing or eliminating duplication of effort. The WDC-A/NSIDC will write or assist data holders in writing DIFs for Antarctic data collected by U.S. investigators. Before submitting DIFs to the AMD, the WDC-A/NSIDC will review and edit them, if necessary, to ensure they are compliant with format and content standards.